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Differences in Acceptability of Music Therapy Sessions Played Live Compared to a Recording Thereof

NCT06108375 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 25

Last updated 2025-07-11

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Summary

The present study seeks to assess differences in feasibility and acceptability of music therapy played live and listening to a recording thereof at the palliative care ward of the University Hospital Zurich. As a secondary objective the investigators aim to extend the limited findings on the putative effect of music therapy in palliative care populations derived from objective measures of human autonomic response combined with subjective psychological outcomes to support evidence-based medicine. The investigators will implement a commercially available tracker, the wristband 287-2 by Corsano, to investigate multiple simultaneous biomarkers of autonomic response to music therapy and a recording thereof, such as heart rate, heart rate variability, electrodermal activity and distal body temperature.

To investigate subjective quality of life and psychological outcomes, the investigators will administer highly validated and widely used questionnaires, namely the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire 15 Palliative Care, the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.

Conditions

  • Terminal Illness
  • Terminal Cancer

Interventions

OTHER

music therapy

music played live by a music therapist

OTHER

recording

a recording of the same music played by the music therapist

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Zurich

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • David Blum, Prof.Dr.med. · University of Zurich

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-10-24
Primary Completion
2025-12-31
Completion
2026-03-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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